How To Install libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libpurple.x86_64 is libpurple library for IM clients like Pidgin and Finch

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libpurple.x86_64`

libpurple contains the core IM support for IM clients such as Pidgin and Finch. libpurple supports a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, Jabber, Bonjour, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, Simple and Zephyr.

We can use yum to install libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpurple.x86_64.

Install libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpurple.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpurple.x86_64

How To Uninstall libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libpurple.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libpurple.x86_64

libpurple.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/purple
/etc/purple/prefs.xml
/usr/bin/purple-client-example
/usr/bin/purple-remote
/usr/bin/purple-send
/usr/bin/purple-send-async
/usr/bin/purple-url-handler
/usr/lib64/libpurple-client.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpurple-client.so.0.10.11
/usr/lib64/libpurple.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpurple.so.0.10.11
/usr/lib64/purple-2
/usr/lib64/purple-2/autoaccept.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/buddynote.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/dbus-example.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/idle.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/joinpart.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libbonjour.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libicq.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libirc.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libjabber.so.0
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libjabber.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libnovell.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/liboscar.so.0
/usr/lib64/purple-2/liboscar.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libsametime.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libsimple.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libxmpp.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libzephyr.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/log_reader.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/newline.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/nss-prefs.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/one_time_password.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/psychic.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/ssl.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/statenotify.so
/usr/share/doc/libpurple-2.10.11
/usr/share/doc/libpurple-2.10.11/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libpurple-2.10.11/purple-notifications-example
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku_IQ/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/mhr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/my_MM/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sw/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo
/usr/share/purple
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/AOL_Member_CA.pem
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/DigiCertHighAssuranceCA-3.pem
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/Microsoft_Internet_Authority_2010.pem
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/Microsoft_Secure_Server_Authority_2010.pem
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/VeriSign_Class3_Extended_Validation_CA.pem
/usr/share/purple/ca-certs/VeriSign_International_Server_Class_3_CA.pem
/usr/share/sounds/purple
/usr/share/sounds/purple/alert.wav
/usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav
/usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav
/usr/share/sounds/purple/receive.wav
/usr/share/sounds/purple/send.wav

References

libpurple.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.